Charlie Wolfson@chwolfson

Pittsburgh & Allegheny County government reporter, @PublicSourcePA

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Joined April 2012
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This is the Pirates box score the day Verlander made his major league debut
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From Pirates PR: Kirby Yates vs. Justin Verlander is the oldest combined age of a starter’s tandem in baseball since 2012. It’s the oldest tandem that the Pirates were involved in since at least 1901.
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In the new NYT/Siena poll of Pennsylvania, Josh Shapiro is leading among male likely voters, non-college likely voters, white likely voters. The poll has Garrity up 75-22 among likely voters who're registered Republicans. nytimes.com/interactive/2026…

Cross-Tabs: September 2026 Times/Inquirer/Siena Poll of the Likely Electorate in Pennsylvania

Results of a New York Times/Philadelphia Inquirer/Siena poll conducted among 615 voters from Sept. 15 to 22, 2026.

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The poll has Shapiro up among Allegheny County likely voters, 71-23. (Kamala Harris won the county 59-39 in 2024)
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Also, they polled RFK Jr.'s approval rating in PA, and it's lower than anyone else polled (Trump, Vance, Fetterman, Shapiro)
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State of the race for PA governor: For every dollar Stacy Garrity spent on TV ads since June 9, Josh Shapiro spent $35. Josh Shapiro donated more money to downballot candidates ($5.6M) than Garrity has raised since launching her campaign.
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Have you seen a Garrity ad? Shapiro leads 43-to-1 in broadcast, digital buys.

Pittsburgh's Public Source analysis shows Gov. Josh Shapiro raising national money and spending millions on legislative races.

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On this date in 2013, the @Pirates clinched their first postseason berth since 1992 with a 2-1 victory over the Cubs at Wrigley Field.  Starling Marte’s home run off Kevin Gregg in the 9th broke a 1-1 tie.  Chicago’s Nate Schierholtz was thrown out at the plate to end the game.
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Cash on hand as of Sept. 14 Shapiro: $19.9 million Garrity: $1.4 million
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News: Over the summer, Gov. Josh Shapiro raised an additional $14 million in direct fundraising + coordinated aid. His GOP opponent Stacy Garrity brought in just $1.8 million. More TK.
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Whoa, the City Paper reports that Pleasure Bar has closed pghcitypaper.com/food-drink/…

Oktoberfest kicks off, Pleasure Bar closes, and more Pittsburgh food news

This week includes updates on Pizza Lupo, Penn Brewery, Pleasure Bar, The Tavern at Hyeholde, and more Pittsburgh food news.

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New: Before the DA served a search warrant for Gainey admin records, City Council members and staff told investigators the former mayor's team had abused no-bid contracting rules and that some groups failed to document work done in exchange for city money publicsource.org/investigati…

Affidavit: City Council members and staff led DA to investigate Gainey contracts

Two council members and council's former solicitor raised no-bid contract concerns that fed the DA's probe of Ed Gainey's administration, an affidavit shows.

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The allegations made to investigators are just that — allegations — but a judge gave the greenlight to the search warrant and the investigation is ongoing, the DA's office says.
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Through two games, Mike McCarthy's offense has produced one offensive touchdown. #Steelers
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Pirates who hit this many home runs in a season in my lifetime Josh Bell Pedro Alvarez Jason Bay Brian Giles Aramis Ramirez
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Sep 20
3️⃣3️⃣ HRs this season for Brandon Lowe! 9️⃣6️⃣ HRs at home this season (! NEW FRANCHISE RECORD!)
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Here's what Shapiro's huge edge over Garrity in national campaign contributions looks like

Pittsburgh's Public Source found Gov. Josh Shapiro has out-raised Stacy Garrity more than $38 million to $3.2 million in donations ahead of Nov. 3 election.

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The Philadelphia Inquirer
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Sep 18
Gov. Josh Shapiro spent more than $2.4 million on ads this week. His GOP opponent Stacy Garrity spent $672. ebx.sh/B2uqZ9
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Surely this mean they had a good season
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Sep 17
The @Pirates clinch their first season-series victory vs. Milwaukee since 2018!
Final Score Graphic: 9/17/26 Milwaukee Brewers 4 (95-58), Pittsburgh Pirates 7 (76-77) Pictured: Bryan Reynolds raises his arms in the air after a double. He wears a black Pittsburgh uniform with gold lettering.

ALT Final Score Graphic: 9/17/26 Milwaukee Brewers 4 (95-58), Pittsburgh Pirates 7 (76-77) Pictured: Bryan Reynolds raises his arms in the air after a double. He wears a black Pittsburgh uniform with gold lettering.
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New from @ORMorrison: The Allegheny County paid parental leave proposal is changing from 18 weeks to 12 and will exempt businesses with fewer than 15 employees publicsource.org/allegheny-c…

Paid parental leave compromises emerge at Allegheny County health board meeting

A revised proposal includes concessions to employers, including a shorter period of paid time off, more tenure before the benefit kicks in and an exemption for the smallest businesses.

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With realignment on the horizon you have to think it's likelier than not the Pirates never win an NL Central title
Brett Spillane@RagedHaveLomo
Sep 16
Number of times winning the NL Central: Cardinals - 12 Brewers - 7 Cubs - 6 Astros - 4 Reds - 4 Pirates - 0
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BREAKING: The Supreme Court rejected President Trump's bid to restrict mail ballots ahead of the midterms. apnews.com/article/trump-mai…

Supreme Court rejects Trump mail ballot restrictions ahead of midterms

The Supreme Court has rejected President Donald Trump’s bid to restrict mail ballots ahead of the midterm elections.

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NEW: We mapped Josh Shapiro's enormous financial advantage in the Pennsylvania governor's race. We found since start of 2025, half his campaign $ came from out of state. Much more here: publicsource.org/shapiro-gar…
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Just the two biggest contributors to Shapiro — Michael Bloomberg and IBEW Local #98 — combined to give more than Garrity raised from all of her contributors during this time period.
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93% of Garrity's contributions came from inside PA.
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